Baggage-car-side-door hanger



D. McBRIDE.

BAGGAGE CAR SIDE DOOR HANGER. APPLICATION HLED JUNE 13. 1919.

Patented J an. 20, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID MCBRIDE, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

BAGGAGE-CAR-SIDE-DOOR HANGER.

Application filed June 13, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID MCBRIDE, a citizen of the United States, residing at WVilmington, in the county of New Castle, State of Delaware, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baggage-Car-Side- Door Hangers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved hanger for side doors of baggage cars and the like, the object thereof being to obviate the necessity of removing the usual securing means for securing the hangers to the door, in order to permit the door to be raised so that it will clear the sill and thereby move freely in open or closed position.

As at present in vogue, it is necessary to remove the fastening screws, to drill and tap new holes for additional fastening screws, in the hangers of side doors of baggage cars and the like, especially when constructed of metal, in order to permit the doors to be raised so as to move freely of the sill or floor of the car, thus requiring considerable time and expense in accomplishing the adjustment, in addition to the injury to the door itself. The present invention is designed as an improvement in door hangers of that type permitting adjustment of the door vertically so as to move freely to open or close positions simply by loosening or tightening a supporting bolt which serves to clamp the parts in adjusted position, the construction being such as to render the adjustment simple, as well as to simplify the construction of the parts forming the adjustable hanger.

With the above objects and others in view as will appear as the specification proceeds, the invention comprises certain novel combinations and arrangement of parts as will hereinafter be more fully pointed out and claimed.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein like characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view showing a baggage car side door hung in accordance with the invention,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

Serial No. 303,858.

liig. 2 is a fragmentary front elevation, an

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 8-3 of Fig. 2.

By reference to the drawings, it will be seen that 10 designates the side of the car, preferably a steel baggage car having the usual door opening 11. The door is design'ated at 12 and has secured thereto by bolts or other suitable means, a hanger 13 receiving a screw bolt 14 therethrough, said screw bolt having a slotted head for the application of a screw driver as shown at 15. The sheave which operates on the track 16 carried by the side of the car is designated at 17, and is rotatable on the bolt 14, the hanger 13 constituting a frame-like casting having a plate 18 which is secured to the inner face of the door so as to overhang the track and receive through alined vertical slots 19 and 20 therethrough, the bolt 14.

The inner face of the hanger 18 is transversely notched as shown at 21, being provided with a series of parallel horizontal corrugations on either side of the vertical slot 19 through which the bolt 14 is adjustable vertically so that it may be raised or lowered. The outer face of the hanger plate 18 of the hanger 13 may be notched or rabbeted as shown at 22 so as to receive or engage the upper edge of the door 12 at its inner face, the hanger being bolted to the door in any suitable manner and by any suitable number of fastening means as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. Also, the outer face of the outer portion of the hanger 18 at the base of the notch or recess therein, is provided with similar notches or corrugations 23 so that the door is adapted to be adjusted vertically relative to the bolt. Engaged upon the bolt inwardly and outwardly of the hanger, are clamping plates 24 and 25 respectively, said plates being preferably of rectangular outline and designed to be clamped to the corrugated faces 21 and 23 when the screw bolt 14 is tightened into the plate 25, which plate like the plate 24, is held from turning by shoulders 26 produced at the sides of the notches receiving said plates as shown at 27.

It will thus be seen, that when the bolt 14, is tightened, the plates 24 and 25 will be clamped tightly against the spaced portions of the hanger 13 through the medium of the corrugated faces which permit vertical adjustment or raising of the door when the bolt is loosened after which the bolt is tightened to secure the door in position. Thus, the door may be readily adjusted to clear the sill to take up any sag or drop therein, in order that the door will operate freely in moving to open or closed positions. Thus, it will be unnecessary to multilate the door as it will be unnecessary to remove the hanger or parts associated therewith as is now generally practised.

What is claimed is The combination with a car side having a door opening and a track positioned over said opening; of a hanger comprising spaced portions provided with vertical slots and horizontal parallel notches at either side thereof inset to provide side shoulders; a

door secured to the hanger, a bolt engaged through the slots, a plate provided with similar notches and disposed onthe bolt to engage the notches or" one portion of the hanger, a sheave on the bolt to engage the track for niovably supporting the door, and a second plate between the shoulders of the other hanger portion and threadedly receiving the bolt therein, said second plate having notches cooperating with the notched surface of the last-named hanger portion, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof, I ailiX my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses.

- DAVID MCBRIDE. Vitnesses WILLIAM KENNEDY, WILLIAM LYNCH. 

